Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Translate text on Mac
When you work in documents, emails, or messages, view photos or images, or browse webpages, you can select text to translate into supported languages, and hear how it sounds when spoken.
Translate text
You can easily translate text in different apps on Mac, including some third-party apps. You can also use Live Text to translate text in an image.
Select the text you want to translate.
Control-click the selected text, then choose Translate [text].
From the language pop-up menus, choose the language of the text you’re translating and the language you want to translate it into.
Tip: Click 
to listen to the translation. You can also click Copy Translation to add the translation to your Clipboard for later.
Replace text with a translation
When writing on your Mac, you can replace what you’ve written with a translation.
Select the text you want to replace with a translation.
Control-click the selected text, then choose Translate [text].
Click Replace with Translation to insert the translation and replace the original text.
Download languages for offline translation
You can download languages to translate when offline. Offline translations may be less accurate than translations processed using Apple servers. Siri and Safari always process translations online.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click Language & Region. (You may need to scroll down.)Click Translation Languages.
Click Download for each language you want to use. To remove a language you downloaded, click Remove.
To process translations on your Mac, even when connected to the internet, select On-Device Mode.
Click Done.
